Wikipedia:Files for deletion/Replaceable fair use/File:Chevelle (band).jpg


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of a fair use image as a replaceable image. Please do not modify it. 

The result was to delete the image.

—Angr 08:27, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Fair Use
Abu_badali tagged this image as being replaceable fair use when I had already provided a reason why it is irreplaceable on upload (see point 3 under the fair use rationale heading). Furthermore, he did not explain on this talk page why he believes my rationale to be invalid. He also failed to notify me as per the guidelines in the replaceable fair use template. H4cksaw 22:23, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * "Point 3" explains why the image is unreplaced, but not why is it irreplaceable. It says "No free or public domain images have been located to represent this subject.". But what prevents a free image to be created? --Abu Badali 05:38, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd happily go take a few quick snaps of Chevelle if I knew them personally, but unfortunetely I don't. So, to answer your question, the fact that no one in the three years since the article's creation has been able to create a free image seems to suggest that the creation of such an image is near impossible, or at least largely improbable. The template says that this image "may fail Wikipedia's first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a free image that provides substantially the same information might reasonably be found or created". If I might draw your attention to the part I've bolded; I believe that a free image of Chevelle cannot be reasonably found or created. Of course, the definition of 'reasonable' is up for debate, but if you have an idea for finding a free image of all three Chevelle members, by all means share it. H4cksaw 11:33, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Alternatively, maybe many editors were able to create a free image but didn't bothered to do so because we used to be lenient on the use of unfree material. --Abu Badali 12:08, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Possibly, but do you have any evidence to support that theory? It could be any one of a number of reasons that no one has created a free image before now, but the most likely explanation is that (as I've said before) one can't be reasonably found or created. H4cksaw 13:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it.